CKONE
Acrobat
1st visit to Interference for ages - apologies for my absence - very remiss of me i know.
In June I went to a 20 year school reunion, got very drunk, walked 9 miles home in the early hours of the morning to then get up and watch England get hammered by Germany in the WC! As the pics popped up on FB I decided it was time to ditch 20 years of inactivity and unhealthy living, get fit and run a half marathon. I did that on Oct 24th in Birmingham in a red morphsuit for my nieces charity. Raised a touch over £3000.
I've now registered for the Edinburgh Marathon (all 26.2 miles of it) on May 22nd. If I survive and complete it (should that be the other way around?) I will have completed a marathon within 11 months of that reunion! I will be raising money again for my nieces charity and if it goes well I may look at crossing the pond to do the New York Marathon on Nov 6th!
I've stepped up my training and got a snazzy ipod shuffle thing and suitable running ear phones. I downloaded or uplaoaded whichever it is my whole U2 CD collection which is all the studio albums, a few singles and b sides and a few specials. I've hit 'shuffle' and stepped up training. I cant impress enough just how bloody brilliant 200+ U2 tracks on shuffle can be during training. This morning for example at 6am The Wanderer dragged me up 'cardiac' hill and Magnificent wrapped its arms around me during the final 500m sprint finish. In between I was accompanied by Electic co, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stay, Mothers of the disappeared, Streets and Numb amongst others.
When the doc weighed me in Nov I'd lost 10kg. I havent been weighed since but compared with June 2010 I am 5 notches down on my belt, I can see my feet again and can do up my collar for work.
If there was a god (which I'm sure there isnt) then its Bono and I worship daily in the church of U2!
Good to be back.
In June I went to a 20 year school reunion, got very drunk, walked 9 miles home in the early hours of the morning to then get up and watch England get hammered by Germany in the WC! As the pics popped up on FB I decided it was time to ditch 20 years of inactivity and unhealthy living, get fit and run a half marathon. I did that on Oct 24th in Birmingham in a red morphsuit for my nieces charity. Raised a touch over £3000.
I've now registered for the Edinburgh Marathon (all 26.2 miles of it) on May 22nd. If I survive and complete it (should that be the other way around?) I will have completed a marathon within 11 months of that reunion! I will be raising money again for my nieces charity and if it goes well I may look at crossing the pond to do the New York Marathon on Nov 6th!
I've stepped up my training and got a snazzy ipod shuffle thing and suitable running ear phones. I downloaded or uplaoaded whichever it is my whole U2 CD collection which is all the studio albums, a few singles and b sides and a few specials. I've hit 'shuffle' and stepped up training. I cant impress enough just how bloody brilliant 200+ U2 tracks on shuffle can be during training. This morning for example at 6am The Wanderer dragged me up 'cardiac' hill and Magnificent wrapped its arms around me during the final 500m sprint finish. In between I was accompanied by Electic co, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stay, Mothers of the disappeared, Streets and Numb amongst others.
When the doc weighed me in Nov I'd lost 10kg. I havent been weighed since but compared with June 2010 I am 5 notches down on my belt, I can see my feet again and can do up my collar for work.
If there was a god (which I'm sure there isnt) then its Bono and I worship daily in the church of U2!
Good to be back.
Let us know about the result 
